There Is Under-testing, Lockdown Not Effective – Resident Doctors

On his part, the President of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Dr Abbah Ugwu, said the government was not doing enough.

He stated, “We have limited cases because our testing capacity is not enough. 

“We have not tested enough people as in other countries.

“Government is chasing thousands of people who have had contact with established cases, but I cannot say that the number we have is a true picture of the existence of the virus in Nigeria because we are not testing enough.

“There is gross under-testing of the people so the lockdown is not effective. In other countries, they have started doing house-to-house testing of their people.

“But it is unfortunate that we are not getting enough information from the government concerning the testing capacity we have.

“Only increase in the number of testing will make the lockdown effective.”